Kathleen Marden
Kathleen Marden was thirteen on September 20, 1961, when her aunt Betty Hill phoned her nearby home to report that, the previous evening, she and Barney had encountered a flying saucer in New Hampshire’s White Mountains. A primary witness to the evidence of the UFO encounter and the aftermath, Kathy has intimate knowledge of the Hill’s biographical histories, personalities, and the never before published historical data pertaining to their sensational story. She recorded hours of taped interviews with Betty and the two made several research trips along the close encounter route through New Hampshire’s White Mountains. Additionally, Kathy transcribed the audio tapes of the hypnosis sessions Betty and Barney participated in with renowned psychiatrist Dr. Benjamin Simon and conducted a comparative analysis of the Hills’ individual testimony versus Betty’s infamous dream material. Kathy believes that there is conclusive evidence that the Hills were abducted. This new information, along with the Hills’ historical records and scientific reports, became the foundation for her recently published book Captured! The Betty and Barney Hill UFO Experience, coauthored with scientific ufologist/ nuclear physicist Stanton T. Friedman.
Kathy's lecture will include excerpts from the Hills’ historic audio taped hypnosis sessions with Dr. Benjamin Simon. Her personal and intimate knowledge of Betty’s and Barney’s personalities makes them come alive before her audience. She is the only person in possession of and with the legal right to present the Hills’ recordings. As such, conference attendees would find her material truly unique and exciting. Additionally, if you desire a joint lecture by the authors, Stan and Kathy offer a combined PowerPoint presentation where Stan examines the scientific evidence and Kathy presents factual information to prove that the Hills experience was real.
Kathleen was trained as a social worker and educator and holds a B.A. degree from the University of New Hampshire. She participated in graduate studies in education at The University of Cincinnati and U.N.H. During her fifteen years as an educator, she innovated, designed and implemented model educational programs. She also held a supervisory position, coordinating, training and evaluating education staff. Additionally, she taught adult education classes on UFO and abduction history.
For ten years Kathy served on the MUFON Board of Directors as the Director of Field Investigator Training. In 2003, MUFON publicly recognized Kathy for her outstanding contribution of advancing the scientific study of the UFO phenomenon and demonstrating positive leadership. She has written articles for The MUFON Journal and the book Best UFO Cases. Additionally, she has appeared on news programs, dozens of radio shows, The History Channel and The Discovery Channel. Most recently, her tenth television appearance aired on the History Channel’s “UFO Hunters” series. Kathleen has lectured at numerous locations throughout the U.S., including the 2007 MUFON International Symposium in Denver, CO, the East Coast UFO Conference at the Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, NJ, and the CERO Conference aboard the Queen Mary in Long Beach, CA (joint lecture with Stan).
Kathy resides in Stratham, New Hampshire with her husband, Charles Marden. She can be contacted at Kmarden@aol.com. Her mailing address is P.O. Box 93, East Kingston, NH 03827.
Comments about Kathy’s lectures:
On Sunday, April 27, I had the great pleasure of watching and listening to Kathleen Marden’s outstanding presentation about the Betty and Barney Hill UFO abduction. She included interesting pictures and audiotapes of Betty and Barney responding under hypnosis and provided her first hand insight, as Betty’s niece. The audience on the Queen Mary, in Long Beach, California, was spellbound. I heartily recommend her presentation to any program chairperson wanting an exciting, informative and stimulating program. Stanton T. Friedman, Nuclear physicist-lecturer
Kathleen Marden recently spoke at the North Carolina Mufon meeting to a record crowd. My wife Suzanne and I were sitting on the edge of our seat along with the rest of the audience. Kathleen takes the audience through the incredible journey that Betty and Barney experienced that night with such great detail and pictures one would believe they are traveling with the Hill’s that night.
Her graphic illustrations, maps, and photographs make it a world class presentation that no one would want to miss !! Suzanne and I recently purchased a copy of the book and could not put it down……Scott Ramsey, Aztec UFO Researcher